Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Person, John R., 1970 

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JOHN RANDOLPH PERSON

   DREWRYVILLE - A funeral service for John Randolph Person was conducted at 3 
p.m. Friday in McDowell Funeral Home, Boykins, by the Rev. Dan Ivey and the 
Rev. Earl Henley. Burial was in Person's United Methodist Church Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were Gene A. Edwards, Sam Drewry, Charles Rawls, Pete Ellis Jr., 
Louis Jordan, and Jerry Rice.

   Person, 62, died Wednesday in an Emporia hospital. He was a farmer.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of the late Mrs. Katherine 
Turner Person and a son of Edward J. and Mrs. Mary Murfee Person.

   He was a member of Person's United Methodist Church.

   Surviving are two daughters, Miss Lois K. Person of Drewryville and Mrs. 
Mabel Powell of Emporia; two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Sykes and Mrs. Lillie Lifsey 
of Emporia; and three brothers, James E. Person and William W. Person of 
Richmond and George J. Person of Powhatan.


John Randolph PERSON, farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 8 Apr 1970, Emporia, age 62, 
interred in Person's United Methodist Church Cemetery*, 10 Apr 1970, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 16, 1970 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 3 (III-52): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol3.txt 


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